{"id":14325,"date":"2013-02-14T04:00:52","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=14325"},"modified":"2013-04-26T22:42:47","modified_gmt":"2013-04-27T06:42:47","slug":"orchid-valentines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/14\/orchid-valentines\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchid Valentines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If a beautiful orchid gift is making you worry about caring for it, take heart. Despite their difficult reputations, most orchids are as easy as other common houseplants. With the basic care tips below, some orchids can stay in bloom for months.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All orchids need <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/humidity.html\">high humidity<\/a>. Dry air wilts flowers, damages leaves, and attracts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/problems\/index.html\">pests<\/a>. Raise humidity levels by keeping the pot raised on pebbles above a tray of water, grouping plants together, using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000BX4VXI\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B000BX4VXI&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=abouorch-20\" target=\"_blank\">a spray mister<\/a>, or running <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003H4QJAQ\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B003H4QJAQ&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=abouorch-20\" target=\"_blank\">a cool-mist humidifier.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/index.html\">Try to identify your orchid.<\/a> Then you can learn its specific <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/light.html\">light<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/temperature.html\">temperature<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/water.html\">water<\/a> needs. You don\u2019t need to figure out its exact name, only its orchid family. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/phalaenopsis.html\">Phals, or Moth Orchids<\/a>, are the most common varieties sold, so start with them. If you can\u2019t identify your orchid, use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/index.html\">these basic care tips<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>You\u2019ll eventually need to remove ribbons, wrapping paper, or decorative containers if they block holes in the bottom of the flower pot. Orchid roots need good air flow and water drainage. They\u2019ll quickly rot if left sitting in water.<\/li>\n<li>When it&#8217;s time to water, use room temperature water, and thoroughly soak <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/potting.html\">the potting media<\/a>. Let the water drain completely out of the pot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/wms.assoc-amazon.com\/20070822\/US\/img\/noscript.gif?tag=abouorch-20\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If a beautiful orchid gift is making you worry about caring for it, take heart. Despite their difficult reputations, most orchids are as easy as other common houseplants. With the basic care tips below, some orchids can stay in bloom for months. All orchids need high humidity. Dry air wilts flowers, damages leaves, and attracts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-growing","category-watering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14325"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15229,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14325\/revisions\/15229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}